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Alcohol consumption among HIV-positive pregnant women in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: prevalence and correlates
Bosch, T., Luescher, T.M. & Makhubu, N. (2020) Twitter and student leadership in South Africa: the case of #FeesMustFall. In: Taras, D. & Davis, R. (eds).Power Shift?: political leadership and social media. New York: Routledge. 220-233.
With the rapid proliferation of social media around the world, social networking platforms such as Facebook and Twitter are increasingly bec...
Kohrt, B.A., Rai, S., Vilakazi, K., Thapa, K., Bhardwaj, A. & Van Heerden, A. (2020) Procedures to select digital sensing technologies for passive data collection with children and their caregivers: qualitative cultural assessment in South Africa and Nepal. JMIR Pediatrics and Parenting. 2(1):1-22.
Populations in low-resource settings with high childhood morbidity and mortality increasingly are being selected as beneficiaries for interv...
Louw, J.G., Olivier, L., Skeen, S., Van Heerden, A. & Tomlinson, M. (2020) Evaluation of a custom-developed computer game to improve executive functioning in 4- to 6-year-old children exposed to alcohol in utero: protocol for a feasibility randomized controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols. 8(10):1-11.
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) is one of the most common causes of preventable intellectual disability, and the key associated defic...
Mchiza, Z.J-R., Parker, W-A., Sewpaul, R., Onagbiye, S.O. & Labadarios, D. (2020) Body image and the double burden of nutrition among South Africans from diverse sociodemographic backgrounds: SANHANES-1. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17:Online.
This study investigated the associations between underweight, obesity and body image (BI) among 15+ year-old South Africans with diverse soc...
Makola, L., Mlangeni, L., Mabaso, M., Chibi, B., Sokhela, Z., Silimfe, Z., Seutlwadi, L., Naidoo, D.Y., Khumalo, S., Mncadi, A. & Zuma, K. (2020) Predictors of contraceptive use among adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) aged 15 to 24 years in South Africa: results from the 2012 national population-based household survey. BMC Women's Health. 19:Online.
Despite a variety of contraceptives being available for women in South Africa, a considerable number of adolescent girls and young women sti...
Desmond, C., Seeley, J., Groenewald, C., Ngwenya, N., Rich, K. & Barnett, T. (2020) Interpreting social determinants: emergent properties and adolescent risk behaviour. PLoS One. 14(12):1-17.
A link between adversity, including low socio-economic status, and behaviours which carry health risks, such as alcohol consumption, has oft...
Alubafi, M.F. & Kaunda, C.J. (2020) Embodied ancestors: religious objects, moral actions and well-being in the Cameroon Western Grassfields. HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies. 75(1):1-8.
In African spirituality, ancestor engagement with the community is always mediated through material objects. This article argues that materi...
Gastrow, M. (2020) Policy options for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in South Africa. (HSRC Policy Brief, February).
South Africa ??? through partnerships encompassing the government, business, academia, labour and civil society ??? has embarked on a proces...
Download this reportAlcaide, M.L., Rodriguez, V.J., Abbamonte, J.M., Ramlagan, S., Sifunda, S., Weiss, S.M., Peltzer, K. & Jones, D.L. (2020) Maternal factors associated with infant neurodevelopment in HIV-exposed uninfected infants. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. January:Online.
This study evaluated maternal factors associated with infant neurodevelopmental outcomes among HIV-exposed uninfected (HEU) infants in rural...
Dukhi, N., Sartorius, B. & Taylor, M. (2020) A behavioural change intervention study for the prevention of childhood obesity in South Africa: protocol for a randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health. 20:Online.
South Africa is currently undergoing a nutrition transition, and overweight and obesity is on the increase in South African children. Urbani...